In this lesson, we are going to learn the numbers in German.
Knowing how to count in a foreign language is pretty useful, but if
you're a total beginner, don't fret it: Being able to only count from 1 to 10 will already get you very far.
Just know this: Counting in German isn't very hard, if you understand how numbers are put together.
It's actually quite logical and starts to make sense, once you get the hang of it!
Numbers from 1 - 10 in German
The numbers from 1 - 10 just have to be memorized.
While they are not too different sounding to their English equivalent,
they aren't exacty the same.
eins
one (1)
zwei
two (2)
drei
three (3)
vier
four (4)
fünf
five (5)
sechs
six (6)
sieben
seven (7)
acht
eight (8)
neun
nine (9)
zehn
ten (10)
The good news here is that once you've got the numbers from 1 - 10 down,
counting to 100 is pretty easy and also quite predictable.
11 - 20
On to the next ten! The German names for "eleven" and "twelve" still need to be memorized,
but from thirteen onward you will start to see a system and recognise some of the numbers
that you've learned above:
elf
eleven (11)
zwölf
twelve (12)
dreizehn
thirteen (13)
vierzehn
fourteen (14)
fünfzehn
fifteen (15)
sechszehn
sixteen (16)
siebzehn
seventeen (17)
achtzehn
eightteen (18)
neunzehn
nineteen (19)
zwanzig
twenty (20)
21 - 30
einundzwanzig
twenty-one (21)
zweiundzwanzig
twenty-two (22)
dreiundzwanzig
twenty-three (23)
vierundzwanzig
twenty-four (24)
fünfundzwanzig
twenty-five (25)
sechsundzwanzig
twenty-six (26)
siebenundzwanzig
twenty-seven (27)
achtundzwanzig
twenty-eight (28)
neunundzwanzig
twenty-nine (29)
dreißig
thirty (30)
zehn
ten (10)
zwanzig
twenty (20)
dreißig
thirty (30)
vierzig
fourty (40)
fünfzig
fifty (50)
sechzig
sixty (60)
siebzig
seventy (70)
achtzig
eighty (80)
neunzig
ninety (90)
hundert
hundred (100)
eintausend
thousand
zweitausend
two-thousand
zehntausend
ten thousand
zwanzigtausend
twenty thousand
hunderttausend
one hundred thousand
die Million
million
die Millarde
billion
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